Help finding gender please

[sam]

[tweetiepiesmom]

They are very cute! I think the experts will need better pictures - maybe closer pics, front view of the cere in natural light if possible. They may be camera shy if they are new to you, but there's no time better than now for them to get used to you pointing a camera at them!

[sam]

I will try to take close up picture when i am home later today. They get scared when i bring camera closer to them. Just got it and they are not trained so cant take them out.
Thanks for quick reply!!

[Hezz]

Clearer photos of all birds will be helpful, although I think the first two may be hens. Photos taken from the side can be deceiving, so not going to make a call on #3. Face on photos that can be enlarged clearly, please.

[sam]

So here are picture of 2 budgies which are yellow in color. I was told by seller that one is male and one is female.

3rd and 4th picture (One with red mark on head is Rainbow)
1st and 2nd picture (One with no mark on head is Sunny)

[sam]

i will be using my DSLR camera to take picture of all my 4 bird and upload it here. with phone camera it stretches out when you zoom. Let me know if above image will work for me 2 bird..Thanks guy for all your help!!

[tretinker]

I have a yellow little one of approx 13 weeks. The couple we got Tiki from were sure he was male but looking at his cave over the last few days I'm not so sure some days Tiki's ceve is pink and sometimes not but a lot is to do with the light. I've taken some more pictures today and tried to get really up close.
Tiki is most yellow but with green patches so I think a yellow based recessive pied but I have not owned bits for a long time and am rusty.

You have beautiful birds, lovely colours!

How old are your yellow ones? Did you have one and then add 3 or get all 4 at the same time?

I can't even see the ceve's of the birds in your shots I'm afraid, the light is behind them so they are shadowed and my eyesight is dreadful!

Are you able to take shots with the light behind you instead of them perhaps?

[Hezz]

Agree - have the light coming in over your shoulder. The light is coming in through the window putting the birds in shadow. I can't even see the mark on the head that you mention. Both the blue and grey, not good photos there either and both side-on, could be male. The grey bird does not look well.

[sam]

Jun 26, 2020 21:32:23 GMT tretinker said:

I have a yellow little one of approx 13 weeks. The couple we got Tiki from were sure he was male but looking at his cave over the last few days I'm not so sure some days Tiki's ceve is pink and sometimes not but a lot is to do with the light. I've taken some more pictures today and tried to get really up close.
Tiki is most yellow but with green patches so I think a yellow based recessive pied but I have not owned bits for a long time and am rusty.

You have beautiful birds, lovely colours!

How old are your yellow ones? Did you have one and then add 3 or get all 4 at the same time?

I can't even see the ceve's of the birds in your shots I'm afraid, the light is behind them so they are shadowed and my eyesight is dreadful!

Are you able to take shots with the light behind you instead of them perhaps?

Thank you for your reply.

Yellow ones are 7 month old

Yes i brought all 4 birds together. Yellow were together with him as well before he sold it to me.

I will be taking better picture tomorrow and post it here.

Thank you so much for comments. Appreciate it!!

[sam]

Here are the picture of my 4 birds. Hopefully it helps to get better view this time.

1st picture (Rainbow)
2nd picture (Rainbow) if this is better picture then 1st
3rd 4th & 5th (Sky)
6th picture(Sunny)
7th picture(Thunder-not the yellow one behind in grey) this one is the hardest to take. she is so scared every time i go to take picture she runs away. I will upload u few more picture her behavior is different then other 3 birds. feather are unorganized i dont know why. But she eats and drink well.

Thank you guys for all your help. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

[tweetiepiesmom]

They are all very sweet! I'll leave it to the experts to tell you - I have my guesses, so I'll see if I'm correct!

[tretinker]

I'm a complete novice really but my guesses would be:

Sunny - boy
Rainbow - girl
Sky - girl
Thunder - not a clue, this one does look at little ruffled.

Do you know how old Sky and Thunder are?

I'm having trouble figuring out the sex of my yellow one so really I am just tossing a coin.

[sam]

Jun 27, 2020 20:11:35 GMT tretinker said:

I'm a complete novice really but my guesses would be:

Sunny - boy
Rainbow - girl
Sky - girl
Thunder - not a clue, this one does look at little ruffled.

Do you know how old Sky and Thunder are?

I'm having trouble figuring out the sex of my yellow one so really I am just tossing a coin.

i was told that Sky is 7 month old
Thunder 3 months  (always scared and feather also looks unorganized i have attached one more picture of thunder here)

[tretinker]

I wonder if its location and other much more experienced members may be able to advise but perhaps Thunder isn't settling because shes so close to a window. From what I remember as a child and from what I've read is that budgies because they are prey in the nature world can be nervous near a window due to possible predators such as other birds flying by. If Thunder is timid maybe a relocation will help.
If Thunder is still a baby perhaps she'll settle down and the ceve colour can be harder to tell on babies.

[Hezz]

The birds in the photos still are quite a distance away; further than I'd like, but going on these photos this would be my guess, and it is only a guess:

Rainbow - boy
Sky - hen
Sunny - boy
Thunder I can't get a read on at all.

I think you might need to leave them alone for a bit, wait until they are more comfortable with you and the camera and then get some clear close-up photos of their faces.

Thunder might appreciate having the sides and top of the cage covered for the time being, if these birds are new to your environment. Some take longer to feel comfortable in a new place, so covering all but the front of the cage can give them some peace of mind in that they don't have to be checking all sides of their cage for predators. Make sure Thunder isn't being bullied by the other bird(s), check if he/she is settling during the night - are there two clumps of poop of the floor of the cage each morning, or are they all over the place? Perhaps there is one pile only and the rest scattered around which would mean that someone in that cage is not settling well, whether from illness or anxiety we wouldn't know.